“It's time to play the music, it’s time to light the lights,
it’s time to meet the Muppets on the Muppet Show tonight”!! And that’s what I as
I watched the new Muppet movie. This movie took me back to being a kid back in
the 90’s watching reruns of The Muppet Show on Nickelodeon and also watching its
much short lived spin off show Muppets Tonight and its long lived spin off show
The Muppet Babies. I remember being so excited when these shows came on; I
would grab a snack, my Kermit watch, and any other Muppet item I had and sit in
front of the television, not knowing that sitting so close to the tv would mess
up my eye site, and just taking in all the comedy goodness. So when I watched
this new Muppet movie I six again.
The Muppets is about three friends who travel to Los Angeles
to see the old Muppet Studios but when they get there they learn the studio is
being sold to an evil greedy oil tycoon, they seek the help of The Muppets themselves
to put on one last show to raise ten million dollars to save the studio. I
thought this was a good idea for a main plot seeing as the show its self has
been off the air for years!! Plus it’s a Muppet movie so you know celebrities
are coming out the wazoo with cameos like Jack Black, Donald Glover, Zach
Galifianakis, Sarah Silverman, Whoopi Goldberg, Selena Gomez, and a lot more.
The main stars, besides The Muppets, are Jason Segel , Amy Adams , Chris Cooper,
and Rashida Jones.
Now there is only one or two things I didn’t like about this
film and both things are pretty small, but where is Rizzo the Rat and how come
we don’t see more of Pepe the King Prawn? I loved those guys growing up and
thought they were the funniest Muppets around so why weren’t they in the movie
more? That was the only thing that really bothered me about this flick.
I really liked the use of CGI used in this movie for the Muppets.
You get to see them do a lot more than just hop around with no leg bottoms to
them. I mean they got to do a lot of different things in this you would never
see them do without the technology. For example, there is a scene where Walter,
the main Muppet of this movie, has a dream that the Muppets ask him to come
join the show. They hop out the tv, CG versions of them, and hop back in asking
him if he want to join them. This had to be one of my favorite moments in the
flick.
Of course it’s not a Muppet movie without musical numbers
and the music in this was awesome. With
big dance numbers, new songs, and old classics this movie had me dancing in my
seat. Like I said earlier this had me thinking I was six again. The one song
that got to me was "Man or Muppet", written by Bret McKenzie of
Flight of the Concords. This not only tugged at my heart but also kind of
brought a tear to my eye. You see in this song you see Gray (Segel) and Walter
deal with being who they are a part, whether they can be men or Muppets.
Over all I give this film a good rating and enjoyable to
watch with you family or friends. I do hope one day they bring more Muppet
movies out or hell even a new tv show. I wouldn’t mind watching The New Muppet
Show every night.
Korey aka The Evil TeddyBear
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